I am just past halfway and enjoying the book very much so far; probably more than most novels I have read for some time. I felt early on when Walter was describing his attraction to Laura that it was maybe written a bit too earnestly, but as the book moved on that was not repeated and it is possible that the earnestness helped set the scene?
A bit off topic but astrangerhere's post reminded me that a couple of weeks ago the BBC's In Our Time podcast was on Shelley's novel Frankenstein; a bit less than an hour long and quite good if anyone is interested.
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